Zane Grey 50 Mi. 2015. A love affair.
Running into the fish hatchery, My wife directing me to my gear. Or was she telling me to finish my laundry? Normally I'm dying with anticipation to get a blog out soon as a race or big run is over, but I have been so mentally and physically exhausted; finishing the Zane Grey 50 miler this year was a dream come true. I had obsessed about this race since 2012 the first time I witnessed it first hand while crewing for my good friends, Tim and Giles. I registered for 2013 race as soon as registration opened. Unfortunately a few weekends before the race, tragedy hit my family, as my father-in-law suffered a massive heart attack. He was taking off life support and was buried on the day of the 2013 race. I vowed to run the 2014 race in his honor. I DNF'd that race, I made a huge mistake of underestimating warnings of a huge storm, causing the race to be cut short at mile 33. That day my race ended at mile 18, Washington Park. ...